New Mexico rejects bills on artificial sweetener ban

  • 14/04/2007

  • Down To Earth

in february, the us state of New Mexico rejected two bills demanding a ban on the use of aspartame, an artificial sweetener in food items.

Aspartame, found in products like cough syrups, chewing gum, candy, desserts and soft drinks, is said to increase the risk of cancer, among other things (see